Assyrian cylinder seal from the late ninth to seventh centuries B.C.E., made of chalcedony and inscribed with a cultic scene. The image on the right shows the impression the seal would make. Gift of ...

As Iraq fitfully rebuilds, a groundbreaking exhibition is showcasing that nation’s rich roots in Mesopotamia, the region that gave birth to the world’s first urban civilization some 5,000 years ago.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, which was closed since March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, reopened its museum and gardens today with a new ...

We can now be sure that Mesopotamian sculpture of the human form was typically coloured. Our project, which set out to reconstruct the polychromy of Mesopotamian stone statues dating from the fourth ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sotheby's auctioned a tiny, ancient Mesopotamian sculpture for $57 million on Wednesday, a record sum for any sculpture or antiquity sold at auction. The Guennol Lioness is a 3.25 ...

Rodents surmount a U.S. Humvee in the sculpture called “Occupation”: “The mice have different meanings,” says Alkubaisy. “They could symbolize occupation or the enemy. In any case, this is not a ...